Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma—applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa,—is now used worldwide. He is also called Bapuin India. In common parlance in India he is often called Gandhiji. He is unofficially called the Father of the Nation...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth2 October 1869
CityPortbandar, India
CountryIndia
Robust faith in oneself and brave trust of the opponent, so called or real, is the best safeguard.
If our ahimsa is not of the brave but of the weak, and if it will bend the knee before himsa, Gandhism deserves to be destroyed.
Ahimsa is the highest ideal. It is meant for the brave, never for the cowardly.
I see neither bravery nor sacrifice in destroying life or property, for offense or defense.
Far better than emasculation would be the bravery of those who use physical force. Far better than cowardice would be meeting one's death fighting.
There can be no friendship between cowards, or cowards and brave men.
For thousands to do to death a few hundreds is no bravery. It is worse than cowardice. It is unworthy of nationalism, of any religion.
True paurusha, true bravery, consists in driving out the brute in us.
Mere brave speech without action is letting off useless steam.
Bravery on the battlefield is impossible for us. Bravery of the soul still remains open to us.
Those who are truthful, nonviolent and brave do not cease to be so because of the stupidity of their leader.
The man or the woman who can display the nonviolence of the brave can easily stand against as external invasion.
The bravery of the nonviolent is vastly superior to that of the violent.
You can return blow for blow if you are not brave enough to follow the path of nonviolence.